Jerry Falwell is a name well known both to the founding of Liberty University, and the development of the Religious Right. A man who once spoke out against Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for becoming politically active, soon found himself following a similar path years after King’s death. Falwell would become the catalyst that encouraged the merging of religion with politics, in an effort to promote a stronger independent biblical worldview from American citizens. The “Religious Right” would obtain its name following Reagan’s 1980 campaign, which resulted in a landslide victory as a result of likeminded values. Although the movement which started in 1973 would ultimately become a massive success, it would take almost a decade to reach the tipping point which would usher a lasting political and religious preservation across America.
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The Call for a New Religious Right
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Jerry Falwell is a name well known both to the founding of Liberty University, and the development of the Religious Right. A man who once spoke out against Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for becoming politically active, soon found himself following a similar path years after King’s death. Falwell would become the catalyst that encouraged the merging of religion with politics, in an effort to promote a stronger independent biblical worldview from American citizens. The “Religious Right” would obtain its name following Reagan’s 1980 campaign, which resulted in a landslide victory as a result of likeminded values. Although the movement which started in 1973 would ultimately become a massive success, it would take almost a decade to reach the tipping point which would usher a lasting political and religious preservation across America.